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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Hair Follicle
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Folículo Piloso
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Folículo Piloso
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Synonyms English:
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Follicle, Hair
Follicles, Hair
Hair Follicles
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Tree Number:
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A10.272.497.500
A17.360.710
A17.815.250.500
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Definition English:
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A tube-like invagination of the EPIDERMIS from which the hair shaft develops and into which SEBACEOUS GLANDS open. The hair follicle is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. (Stedman, 26th ed) Follicles of very long hairs extend into the subcutaneous layer of tissue under the SKIN. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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dis = HAIR FOLLICLE (IM) + HAIR DISEASES (NIM); inflammation = FOLLICULITIS
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See Related English:
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Folliculitis
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History Note English:
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96
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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32739
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Unique Identifier:
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D018859
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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